Lonely and Isolated

4Gulls
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:42:23 +0000

Good advice so far. @shawnspencer’s suggestion about “fun” clubs is a good one. Does your school have an Outdoor Club? Sign up and go to an outing or two. Does your school send out a weekly email with a list of upcoming events for the week such as lectures, sporting events, midnight breakfasts, etc. Pick one each week and go. Are you going to the gym? Go a couple of times a week. Strike up a conversation. Take your books and sit in a cafe or coffee shop to study. Say hello to people. Have you spoken with your RA? He/she may know of other students on the floor / in the dorm feeling the same way. It’s uncomfortable sometimes, but you’ve just got to put yourself out there a bit, keep busy, and try new things.